Azeri Muslim men from Georgia, late 19th century.

Women weaving carpets in the village of Sirik, southwestern Azerbaijan, 1930s.

Azerbaijani Qazax region carpet from the late 19th century.

View of Baku, Azerbaijan, late 19th century. By D. I. Ermakov.

Udi Nikolai Totskoynov (on horseback) with a soldier of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Oğuz, 1919-1920s.

Azerbaijani wedding ritual, 1965. Photographed by Lev Borodulin.

Baku, Azerbaijan, in the early 1920s.

Man in Caucasian dress, Shaki (Şəki), Azerbaijan, late 19th century.

Armenian musicians from Verin Agulis (Yuxarı Əylis), Nakhchivan, 1890

Azerbaijani woman from Baku in traditional costume, circa 1890s

Eastern Bazaar complex in Baku, Azerbaijan, 1980s. From the book "Architecture of Soviet Azerbaijan" (1986)

Tar player in Azerbaijan, late 19th century

People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, dancer Afag Malikova, Baku, 1981.

Traffic police at work in Baku, Azerbaijan, 1987

Armenian women from Shamakhi, eastern Azerbaijan, 1883

Traditional musicians and dancer in the Old Town of Baku, Azerbaijan, 1999

Persian women in Baku, Azerbaijan, late 19th century.